Category: ELECTRONIC PLATFORMS

In a world where everything has gone into digital, the recent partnership between AF Payments, Inc. and FamilyMart, a very popular Japanese chain now operating with 80 branches in the Philippines marks the Ayala Corp.-Metro Pacific Investments Corp. consortium’s first move out of transportation and into retail using beep™ card as mode of payments, the same tap-and-go card we use for our train and bus rides in the metro. beep card’s proponent AF Payments Inc. hinted during its first anniversary last October that it was brewing a partnership with a major convenience store chain. The latest milestone was revealed yesterday, December […]

Freelancers and digipreneurs in the Philippines will now have another reason to be inside the playing field of digital economy with the recent merger of PayMaya – the country’s leading digital financial service provider, and PayPal – a global leader in digital payments. These two brands formed a union that will boost more opportunities for freelancers and digipreneurs. If you’re a freelancer or a digipreneur who receives payment via PayPal, you will enjoy 80% off on PayPal’s withdrawal fee when you transfer your available PayPal balance to your PayMaya account until December 21, 2016 as part of the promo of […]

Getting a Sony Playstation 4 this Christmas could be truly awesome, right? Then, how about making this possible? How? Check out the details below. It’s game time! Shop for your favorite digital content such as music, apps, games, among others from Spotify, Steam, Google Play, iTunes Apple Store, Netflix, NBA League Pass, etc. using your GCash MasterCard or GCash American Express Virtual Pay from November 18 to 24 and you may just be the lucky winner of a Sony PlayStation 4 gaming console. More so, you also qualify for the grand draw on December 21 where a brand new Nissan […]

Mynt is Globe’s newest mobile financial services providing company that aims to be the next billion’s “bank” recently tied-up with Cebuana Lhuillier of the PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies to power up solutions dealing with micro-financial services such as pawning, remittance, micro-insurance, bills payment, microloans, and business-to-business solutions. The partnership aims to empower entrepreneurs and ordinary citizens to change how they look at banking. With access to the innovation thought process of Globe Telecom and leveraging on the mobile technology of G-Xchange, Inc. (GCash), Mynt seeks to provide an entire ecosystem of mobile financial services and solutions to not only […]

Want to stay in shape with a Fitbit Alta wristband or surprise your family with a brand new Nissan Juke this holiday season? You can! You may even get both for free when you fund your GCash mobile wallet through any of over 10,000 accredited GCash Partner Outlets nationwide which include Globe Stores, SM Business Centers, Puregold supermarkets, and Tambunting and Cebuana Lhuillier pawnshops. Each cash-in transaction from November 4-10 entitles you to one (1) raffle entry. You may use GCash for safe, secure, and hassle-free mobile money transactions — buy prepaid load, pay bills, send money, make donations, do […]

Merry Christmas! Holiday Season is fast approaching and we only have 66 days left before Christmas day. Aint that sweet? And what’s more sweeter is the latest GCash 12 Weeks of Christmas Raffle Promo. But wait. Here are the things you should know first about GCash. GCash is also a faster, safer, and convenient way to pay your telecom, utilities, credit card bills and more anytime, anywhere. Just turn your mobile phone into a virtual wallet by using GCash, an internationally acclaimed micropayment service backed by Globe Telecom. To register: I. Dial *143# for FREE using your Globe/TM SIM Step 1. […]

While the Philippines peso plunges on a seven-year low, as reported from the stock market this week, US dollar shoots with $1 = Php48.25 which made financial market bled again. Initial reports blame the noise in politics as the reason to why the peso hits this downfall anew. But that’s a different story. Still, many from the business sector are optimistic that after the noise dies down, everything will be back to normal. The said financial crisis did not affect foreign players to invest and open up offices here in the country, just as like what Payoneer just did a couple […]

Depositors and ATM cardholders panicked on a Monday afternoon – the last day of the long weekend and celebration of National Heroes Day, when an official news advisory from the Bank of the Philippine Islands came out asking their account holders to fill up and submit Customer Information Sheet (CIS) and (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FACTA) Form to the nearest branch or else lose their access to automated teller machines (ATMs), online and mobile banking. This advisory was in accordance to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Circular 706 provision where all banks are required to update their customer information records and […]

If you’re coming to and from the airport, it is best you download and install PayMaya app on your mobile device and get your PayMaya card right away because having this will be very helpful and convenient for you especially when taking the metro train and bus to NAIA terminal airport. Download 1. Go to Google Play or Apple Store and search for PayMaya. 2. Download and install the free app. 3. Register 4. Log-in your account. 5. Purchase your PayMaya physical card and link it with your virtual card. 6. Upgrade your PayMaya physical card through the app to […]

Recently, and after the [email protected] event, young and hip Manila millennials experienced one more time the convenience of cashless payments during the two-day Spectrum Fair Manila 2016 partnered with PayMaya that equipped its merchants with digital payment solutions so they can accept cards payment from consumers for a secure, fast, and hassle-free transaction and shopping experience. We went there on its first day run and enjoyed cashless payments from purchasing foods and mobile accessories that we bought that day. For those in the know, Spectrum Fair Manila is a quarterly event that gathers established and emerging lifestyle brands to offer wide array […]

Black Friday has began in the US and there are many cool catches from Amazon.com that we’ve seen this time. Oh yeah! Lowest prices and sales on everything from electronics, video games, fashion hunt collections, smartphone units and accessories, home, etc. It’s like getting premium items for 10% – 70% off. And you have to be fast because some items are for a limited time only. Just make sure you already have your GCash American Express Virtual Pay so you can start shopping around the Black Friday Deals Week. Shop online without a credit card. Easily get a GCash American Express Virtual Pay […]

People will no longer carry wallets with different payment cards and with no more loose change in their pockets. That and more are what Globe and MasterCard‘s visions through the network’s GCash mobile payment service, to provide safe, fast, and secure way of mobile spending and people to store their hard-earned cash. The partnership of Globe GCash and MasterCard also allow the integration of beep card, a reloadable electric payment platform, into its system providing an everyday all-in-one tap, swipe, and shopping experience for those who will avail of GCash beep MasterCard. For only PhP 150, people can avail the GCash […]

SM Investments Corporation continues the family tradition of grocery shopping with the opening of the modernized Cherry stores in Metro Manila. With only 1 day apart, Cherry Shaw and Cherry Congressional reopened to stay in the game as one of the most loved supermarkets, a classic favorite since the 1950s. Cherry Shaw opened last Tuesday, Oct. 13 while Cherry Congressional on Thursday, Oct. 15, with actress Isabel Oli and Miss Philippines Earth 2015 Angelia Ong as guests during the ribbon cutting. The reopening of the supermarket was just the first phase for Cherry Congressional. A bigger Cherry will be opening soon to the public once […]

This is the hanging question for all of you guys riding the Light Railway Transit commonly known as the LRT. We’ve experience first-hand the newly implemented e-ticketing system via the beep card when we rode the LRT Line 1 at the Munoz Station going to Vito Cruz Station today. We can say that this is a good move from the LRT management while in fact it has been long-awaited and the machines were installed nearly a year before it can be used. But as we have seen, the e-ticketing system is not yet fully implemented as far as rides going […]

TackThis! Concierge offers small and medium businesses (SMBs) of creating their own e-commerce platform for their online business supported by 3 services: Effortless Store Creation Don’t know where to start? Don’t worry. TackThis! Concierge have experts to help entrepreneurs from taking beautiful photos of their products to designing their own brand website. TackThis! Concierge have a dedicated team of Store Creation Specialists to help create fully functional store. Hassle-free Store Management Once your online store is ready, TackThis! Concierge will help process your orders through a group of Order Management Specialists. The service includes payment consolidation, delivery coordination, and customer inquiries management. On […]

IdeaSpace-backed Mobkard App, a location-based mobile loyalty solutions provider and part of the first batch of startups of IdeaSpace, the First Pacific-led tech incubator and accelerator for emerging markets, announced that it has successfully concluded a new 17 million-peso round of funding led by Globaltronics Inc., the country’s leader in digital signage advertising in the Philippines. The new round of funding allows the company to expand its location-based loyalty solutions particularly through the launch of the official Mobkard app, which provides users with the best and the latest deals from the biggest brands that are near their current location using […]

SisterSecrets.com.ph, an active community of online shoppers exchanging beauty and fashion secrets, has teamed up with experts from the IT field and the BPO industry to improve the shopping and payment experience of all its members. Since its launch in June 2013, Sister Secrets has grown to be the “Biggest Online Girl Community,” as cited by Solar TV. The Entrepreneur & Franchise Expo also awarded the exclusive online community the title of “Best New E-Commerce Lifestyle Website” in 2014. Sister Secrets was founded by Karen Bordador, Charisse Abalos, and Kristen Morados—three amazing women who have remained true to their life’s […]

As the online saying goes, ‘Think Before You Click‘ when you share vital information on the world wide web. On the first and second part of #ProTECH101 (Part 1 and 2), we shared with you the risks of disseminating personal information to the public, how to strengthen your passcodes, and secure accounts by disabling the autofill feature decreasing the risks of hacking and online fraud. This time, #ProTECH Part 3 focuses on online sharing discrepancies, what information we should avoid and what is safe for public sharing. Information such as birthdates, education and current location are things we should avoid sharing […]

Last June 18, there was a sale of G-Shock watches on CashCashPinoy and only 3 hours left when I saw it online. Immediately, I made this purchase to avail the 54% off discount of the G-Shock model that I selected. Doing this CashCashPinoy online transaction only took me a few minutes before I checked out my order. It was a Casio G-Shock G8900SC-1YCR that was offered at PhP 4,799 plus PhP 170 Shipping Fee. The actual retail price is PhP 10,472. It was the slashed-off price that caught my attention. I knew how expensive G-Shock watches are, that’s why when I saw the […]

Hitachi, founded in 1910, recently unveiled powerful lineup of software-defined infrastructure solutions for all transactional and analytics-driven workloads. With many businesses facing multiple challenge including having to manage the massive amounts of continually growing information and providing 24/7 round the clock uptime which has led to the creation of extremely complex environments and constantly increasing costs, the other challenge is the advent of the 3rd platform which focus around Big Data, Social Business, Mobility, and Delivering IT as a Service via the Cloud. The next phase of its Social Innovation business strategy in conjuction with new solutions and services, which include […]

Twenty-four beautiful young ladies vied for the title of RCBC Life and Style Expo IT Girls Next Generation on a grand awarding of the search held last Sunday, June 7 at Robinsons Place Manila. The search for the next RCBC IT Girls Next Generation winners embodied not just a pretty face but must-have a smart attitude in life. The four winners were awarded with cash prizes and title recognition. RCBC IT Girls celebrity endorsers Liz Uy, Isabelle Daza, and Georgina Wilson judged the competition together with RCBC Bankard Services Corporation VP and Business Head for Co-brands/Partnerships & Corporate Initiatives Ms. Irene D. Taylo, RCBC National […]

AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced today the details behind one of the world’s largest and most technologically advanced display walls, located at Times Square, 1535 Broadway, between 45th and 46th Streets in New York. The stunning visuals that drive the digital signs’ gigantic size: 25,000 square feet of Ultra-High Definition digital signage consists of nearly 24 million pixels, all powered by AMD FirePro professional graphics cards. A single surface covering a city block in length and stand eight stories high, the sign is designed and managed by Diversified Media Group with playback system. Driving the visual display are thee AMD […]

Brother International Philippines Corporation (Brother Philippines), recently made the Brother – Color Manila Nite Run: Blacklight Edition in Filinvest City, Alabang the perfect backdrop for the launch of its revolutionary Multi-Function Centre (MFC) series; this features a Refill Tank System with an ultra-high 6,000 page-yield. Presenting a color fun run joined by 7,000 participants, Brother Philippines made the event more exciting by their introduction of a special 6k category in the race, instead of the usual 5k race, and putting up a booth where runners are given premium items. Brother also gave away refill ink pillows to participants of the […]

Maintaining its promise of providing superior and more interactive home entertainment experiences, TCL Multimedia introduces new TV display technologies and overarching brand theme of ‘a visual feast of color.’ On their successful debut at CES 2015, TCL’ Wide Color Gamut and industry-leading Quantum Dot technologies feature on a host of exciting new line of product launches this year, including the new Quantum Dot TV H9700, the Curved 4K UHD TV H8800, and the 4K UHD E6800, which will present an impressive new standard in visual display for TV manufacturers. The new Quantum Dot display technology, provided by TCL, is able […]

Entrepreneurs from Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) can resort to the digital way of marketing, as tackled in the first digital marketing exposition presented by Globe myBusiness and Google Philippines, April 22, at Shangri-La Hotel, Makati City Invited speakers whose stories, from being an SME has became one of the leading e-Commerce Business, shared different strategies, how they started and the lessons they’ve learned. Jerome Uy from Adobo Connection shared his ‘I wish I knew earlier’ notes about online marketing. He said that as an entrepreneur managing an SME, consumers must be the front of the business by putting first […]